Kwok Chan

Kwok Chan (郭贊, 1904 – 17 June 1967) was a Hong Kong businessman and member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong.

Kwok was the second son of the Hong Kong businessman Kwok Shiu-lau. He was born in Hong Kong and was educated at the Diocesan Boys' School. He studied business at the University of Hong Kong and joined the Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as Chinese manager after his graduation.

In 1925 during the large-scale Canton–Hong Kong strike, he joined the Special Police Reserve to help maintain order. He joined the established Police Reserve afterward. In 1930 and 1933, he became the director of the Tung Wah Hospital and the Po Leung Kuk, then the two largest charities for the Chinese community in Hong Kong. He held many positions in various sectors, such as vice-chairman of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, chief secretary of the football club Chinese Athletic Association, chairman of the Chinese Swimming Association, member of the financial committee of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, treasurer of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, founder of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong, member of the council of the Kowloon Tong School and vice-chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. He was made Justice of the Peace in 1941. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, he was appointed member of the Chinese Cooperative Council, a puppet advisory council set up by the Japanese.

After the Pacific War, he became the chairman of the South China Athletic Association, president of the Hong Kong Football Association and the Asian Football Confederation. He was also member of the council of the University of Hong Kong, Diocesan Boys' School, and St. Stephen's College. He became the head of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and Rotary and vice-chairman of the Red Cross Hong Kong. For the Chinese community, he was vice-chairman of the Chinese Temples Committee.

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